Re: ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN
Date
Msg-id 5120.970285040@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses RE: ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN
Re: ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN
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Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> OK, I am opening this can of worms again.  I personally would like to
> see this code activated, even if it does take 2x the disk space to alter
> a column.  Hiroshi had other ideas.  Where did we leave this?  We have
> one month to decide on a plan.

I think the plan should be to do nothing for 7.1.  ALTER DROP COLUMN
isn't an especially pressing feature, and so I don't feel that we
should be hustling to squeeze it in just before beta.  We're already
overdue for beta.
        regards, tom lane


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